Evoked potential tests have assumed an increasing importance in the practice of a number of specialties, but mostly in neurology. The surprisingly rapid growth in popularity of these procedures seems to have outstripped the care and circumspection that should be exercised when accepting a relatively new diagnostic test into the investigative armamentarium. Obviously, one major reason for their popularity is that they are noninvasive, totally harmless, painless (except for the somatosensory evoked potential test, which may be uncomfortable), and can be carried out by a technician who requires little additional training beyond what has already been learned as an electroencephalographic technician. Perhaps these are all reasons why these tests have become overused and, unfortunately, often misinterpreted.
This book, regrettably, does little to address this important problem. It is an excellent manual for the technically inclined and should be indispensable to the physician or scientist setting up a laboratory for the